Supervisor Training

Sameh Attia

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Email: *****.*.*****@**.****.***

Social Security Number: xxx xx xxxx Job Announcement

Number: NCAS13289513821724D

Veterans’ Preference: 10 point veteran preference Job Title: Language Specialist

Country of citizenship: United States Series & Grade: GS 1040 12

Disabled veteran

SECRET CLEARANCE

Eligibility: Secret on 2009 10 01 Army CCF

Investigation: NACLC from OPM, Opened: 2007 11 09 Closed 2008 03 24

Polygraph: 2008 05 12, Other, Counterintelligence, 902 5071 08 INSCOM

Selective Service Number: 78 1835561 7. Date of Registration 6/4/2003

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Fluency in more than 3 Arabic Dialects (MSA Arabic, Egyptian Arabic and Iraqi Arabic)

as well as in English.

• Current score is 3+ in OPI (Defense Language Proficiency), and 3+ in DLPT English and

Arabic (reading & writing).

• Active Duty military experience in the United States Army as an Arabic Linguist.

• 10 years of experience in translation, transcription, and interpretation from Arabic to

English and English to Arabic including hand written or typed documents (hard copy or

electronic), and multi media (audio/video) material.

• Extensive knowledge of the culture, geography, politics, economy, tribal dynamic, and

history of the area of Middle East (Iraq and Egypt).

• Masters of Arts, Intelligence Studies (Concentration: Intelligence Collection).

• Provide transcription and translation of news from domestic internet, radio and television;

populate translated stories into the customer’s media monitoring database.

• Fluency in simultaneous interpretation to convey continuously the full and accurate

meaning of what is said in the source language into speech in the target language.

• Strong leadership qualities, able to schedule priorities and perform, able to handle multi tasks;

delegate accordingly to effectively accomplish tasks at hand.

• Highly developed interpersonal and communicational skills: written, verbal and presentational.

• Act as a liaison to government officials, judges and other high level diplomatic community

and business leaders in foreign countries.

• Extensive experience in evaluating the Intel value of documents, exploiting DVDS, Cell

phones and encrypted communications from Arabic to English.

• Federal agency experience in interpreting/translation, and transcription in both English and

Arabic.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, Science, (2000), Higher Institute of Optical Studies, Cairo, Egypt.

Masters of Arts, Intelligence Studies, (January, 2012). American Military University (American Public

University System) Charles Town, West Virginia.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Department of Commerce, March 2012 – Present

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004

Job Title: International Program Advisor/Specialist

CLDP (Commercial Law Development Program)

Marc Tejtel (Chief Council)

Supervisor may be contacted at *****.*******@***.***

Full time, 50 hours/week

Series & GS

Grade: 09

Salary, $51,360.00 /year

• Develop and prepare work plans, statements of work, and written communication with high level

US Government (USG) and foreign officials.

• Provide instruction of Iraqi language and culture with the Department of Commerce.

• Assist with the development and implementation of plans for technical assistance in Middle East

and North Africa.

• Travel to the Middle East and North Africa to assist with programs and technical assistance

activities approximately four to six times a year

• Provide vital government to government assistance to countries in the Middle East and North

Africa.

• Initiates and/or maintains liaison contact with external entities/organizations at the national level, to

include both governmental entities which support community engagement efforts.

• Train new International Program Specialists by introducing him to Commercial Law Development

Program (CLDP) policies and procedures and explain political and cultural sensitivities that arise

from working on Iraq.

• Ensure the successful completion of the no cost extension IAA between CLDP and State’s NEA

Iraq Assist Office.

L 3 Communications, October 2010 November 2011

1850 Centennial Park Drive, Reston, VA 20191 1524

L 3 LOTS

Job Title: Arabic Linguist/Culture Advisor

Supervisor: Kerry L. Ezell, 703-***-****

Supervisor may be contacted at kerry.ezell@gls 1.com

Full time, 50 hours/week

Salary, $145,000.00 /year

• Worked with the U.S. Army Special Forces in Iraq, as an Arabic translator/interpreter in Operation

Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.

• Interpreting, translating, training and assisting the 2nd Iraqi Special Operation Forces Brigade.

Maintaining and facilitating the communication and coordination between the U.S. Army Special

Forces and the 2nd Iraqi Special Operation Forces Brigade.

• Middle Eastern culture awareness based on knowledge of ethnic, religious, and political

characteristics.

• Assigned for a six month period to work at the Embassy of the United States in Baghdad,

Iraq under J9 MOC (Media Operation Center), providing transcribed and translated news

from daily news monitoring of domestic Iraqi internet, radio and television in Arabic into

idiomatic English. Populated these translated stories into the customer’s media monitoring

database.

• Writing media analysis reports to high level U.S. and foreign officials.

• Conducting simultaneous translation for business and social meetings.

• Scanned and processed large amounts of material in the specific foreign language for

critical and essential elements of information defined by the government.

• Mastery of Islamic intellectual history and religious thought.

• Knowledge of Islamic scripture and tradition on the composition, redaction and interpretation of

Qur’an and Hadith.

United States Army, November 2007 October 2010

National Training Center/ 51st TICO

323 F Ave, Fort Irwin, CA 92310

Job Title: Arabic Linguist/Culture Advisor

Supervisor: Salha, 817-***-****

Supervisor may be contacted

Active Duty, 40 hours/week

Rank, E 4

Salary, $42,000.00 /year

• Three years of Active Duty military experience in the United States Army as an Arabic

Linguist.

• Second duty station worked in language Lab, 51st TICO Company in Fort Irwin, CA,

scheduling soldiers for DLPT, OPI Language test (Dari, Arabic, MSA, and Pashto) through

DLI in Monterey, CA.

• Interpreted and acted as a liaison during prisoners’ interrogation, evaluated the Intel value

of documents, exploited DVDS, Cell phones, encrypted communications and performed

simultaneous translation in large scale meetings between the Collation forces and the Iraqi

side during my attachment with Tactical HUMINT Team (THT).

• Was attached to 3/4 CAV Infantry Brigade, 3rd Squadron 4th U.S Cavalry, HHD, FOB

Atruz, Salah Al Din Province.

• Learned methods of collection from experience with THT, and took an Army report writing

class.

• Served as a Cultural Awareness Instructor for units deploying.

• Taught basic Standard Arabic and Middle Eastern culture to deployable soldiers.

• Studied six weeks the methods of interpretation/translation during the Advanced Individual

Training (AIT).

• Provided input to government counterparts in the production of written reports developed

from target material, utilizing the specific foreign language.

U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services, December 2001 October 2007

USICS, New York

26 Federal Plaza New York, NY 10278

Job Title: Arabic Interpreter

Supervisor: Self

Part time, 20 hours/week

• Interpreted interviews in both Arabic and English for Immigration Officers related to asylum

immigration cases.

• Proofread and revised immigration official documents.

• Interpreted/translated terminology used in social security materials/interviews

TRAINING

• TRADOC Support cadre training course, Department of the Army – 2008

• Management on classroom behavior and counseling, Department of the Army – 2008

• Army report writing class, Department of the Army –2008

• Defense Language Institute English Language Center, Department of the Army – 2008

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certificate of Appreciation, Department of the Army(3rd Squadron 4th U.S Cavalry) US, Iraq –

2008

• 09L Interpreter/Translator MOS, Department of the Army– 2008

AWARDS

• Army Achievement Medal, Department of the Army – 2009

• Army Commendation Medal, Department of the Army – 2009

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point)

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